CONTENTS:- Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: Getting to Know the Mother: Ammachi; Hinduism and the Mother; Kundalini Shakti; Jillellamudi Mother; PART II: Love and Rapture: The Lure of Divine Love; The Lover and the Beloved; PART III: The Mother's Discipline: Penetrating Deep into the Mind; Who Is the Guru? Tapas; Kali; PART IV: The Shadow from a Spiritual Perspective: Forgotten Secrets: Demons Within and Without; The Religious Shadow; The Family Shadow; The Personal Shadow; PART V: Surrender: Releasing Gradually; The Song of God: The Bhagavad Gita; Love Can Blossom Even Out of the Darkest Shadow; PART VI: Contentment and Yearning: Saying Yes to Everything; The Bittersweet of Yearning; Epilogue;